Statistics Norway

Causes of death

14 Deaths among children 1-17 years, by sex and underlying cause of death. 2005
ICD-10 Cause of death Boys Girls
Total 1-4 years 5-9 years 10-14 years 15-17 years Total 1-4 years 5-9 years 10-14 years 15-17 years
Total (A00-Y89)                    
                     
Deaths from diseases, total (A00-R99)  103 27 19 21 36 49 15 8 11 15
Infectious an parasitic diseases(A00-B99) 3 2 1 - - 1 - 1 - -
Malignant neoplasm (C00-C97) 11 5 2 4 - 11 - 3 3 5
Drug dependence, toxicomania (F11-F19) 1 - - - 1 - - - - -
Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I25) 1 - - 1 - - - - - -
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 1 - - 1 - - - - - -
Influenza (J10-J11) - - - - - - - - - -
Pneumonia (J12-J18) - - - - - 2 2 - - -
Asthma (J45-J46) - - - - - - - - - -
Other chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-44,J47) - - - - - - - - - -
Certain conditions orginating in the perinatal period (P00-P96) 2 1 1 - - 1 1 - - -
Congenital malformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) 6 5 1 - - 8 6 - 1 1
Sudden infant death syndrome (R95) 2 2 - - - 1 1 - - -
Deaths from other diseases (Rest A00-R99) 27 7 6 8 6 10 2 1 4 3
                     
Violent deaths, total (V01-Y89)                    
Transport accidents (V01-V99,Y85) 17 - 3 1 13 5 1 1 - 3
Accidental falls (W00-W19) 1 - - 1 - 1 - 1 - -
X00-X09 Exposure to smoke, fire and flames(X00-X09) 2 1 1 - - 1 - - 1 -
Accidental poisoning (X40-X49) 2 - - - 2 - - - - -
Suicide and intentional self-harm(X60-X84,Y87.0) 15 - - 4 11 4 - - 1 3
Homicide, assault(X85-Y09,Y87.1) - - - - - - - - - -
Other violent deaths (Rest V01-Y89) 12 4 4 1 3 4 2 1 1 -

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